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1962 Minnesota Vikings
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Record: 2-11-1, Finished 6th in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 254 points (18.1/g), 13th of 14 in the NFL.
Allowed 410 points (29.3/g), 14th.
Differential of -156 points (-11.1/g), 14th.
Expected W-L: 3.4-10.6.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -11 (-0.8/g), 13th.
Coached by Norm Van Brocklin (2-11-1)
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1962 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Fran Tarkenton | 22 | 1 | 14 | 163 for 329, 2,595 yards, 22 td, 25 int, & 41 rushes for 361 yards and 2 td | Minnesota Vikings / 3rd / 29th pick / 1961 |
| HB | Tommy Mason* | 23 | 1 | 11 | 167 rushes for 740 yards, 2 td, & 36 catches for 603 yards and 6 td | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 1st pick / 1961 |
| FB | Doug Mayberry | 25 | 1 | 10 | 74 rushes for 274 yards, 1 td, & 11 catches for 100 yards and 1 td | Minnesota Vikings / 10th / 127th pick / 1961 |
| WR | Charley Ferguson | 23 | 1 | 9 | 14 catches for 364 yards, 6 td | |
| WR | Jerry Reichow | 28 | 6 | 12 | 39 catches for 561 yards, 3 td | Detroit Lions / 4th / 38th pick / 1956 |
| TE | Steve Stonebreaker | 24 | Rook | 9 | 12 catches for 227 yards, 1 td | Denver Broncos / 34th / 266th pick / 1962 |
| LT | Grady Alderman | 24 | 2 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 10th / 111th pick / 1960 |
| LG | Jerry Huth | 29 | 6 | 12 | 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 24th / 285th pick / 1956 |
| C | Mick Tingelhoff | 22 | Rook | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| RG | Mike Rabold | 25 | 3 | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 19th pick / 1959 |
| RT | Frank Youso | 26 | 4 | 13 | New York Giants / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1958 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Jim Leo | 25 | 2 | 14 | New York Giants / 3rd / 36th pick / 1960 |
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| LDT | Jim Prestel | 25 | 2 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 70th pick / 1959 |
| RDT | Paul Dickson | 25 | 3 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 9th pick / 1959 |
| RDE | Jim Marshall | 25 | 2 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 44th pick / 1960 |
| LLB | Cliff Livingston | 32 | 8 | 11 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | |
| MLB | Rip Hawkins | 23 | 1 | 11 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Boston Patriots / 2nd / 10th pick / 1961 |
| RLB | Clancy Osborne | 28 | 3 | 11 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 27th / 315th pick / 1957 |
| LCB | Dean Derby | 27 | 5 | 11 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 51st pick / 1957 |
| RCB | Ed Sharockman | 23 | 1 | 14 | 6 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 5th / 57th pick / 1961 |
| LS | Chuck Lamson | 23 | Rook | 14 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 4th / 43rd pick / 1961 |
| RS | Bill Butler | 25 | 3 | 12 | 5 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Green Bay Packers / 19th / 217th pick / 1959 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Jim Christopherson | 24 | Rook | 0 | 11 of 20 field goals & 28 of 28 extra points | |
| P | John McCormick | 25 | Rook | 0 | 46 punts for a 39.0 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | Bill Butler | 25 | 3 | 12 | 12 punt returns for a 14.1 average and 0 td | Green Bay Packers / 19th / 217th pick / 1959 |
| KR | Bill Butler | 25 | 3 | 12 | 26 kick returns for a 22.6 average and 0 td | Green Bay Packers / 19th / 217th pick / 1959 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Tom Adams | 22 | WR | 6 | 0 | 215 | 6-5 | Minnesota-Duluth | 4/26/1940 | Rook | |
| Grady Alderman | 24 | T-G | 14 | 14 | 247 | 6-2 | Detroit Mercy | 12/10/1938 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 10th / 111th pick / 1960 |
| Larry Bowie | 23 | G | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | Purdue | 10/13/1939 | Rook | Dallas Texans / 8th / 59th pick / 1962 |
| Bill Brown | 24 | RB | 14 | 0 | 228 | 5-11 | Illinois | 6/29/1938 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 20th pick / 1961 |
| Bill Butler | 25 | DB-HB | 14 | 12 | 189 | 5-10 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 7/10/1937 | 3 | Green Bay Packers / 19th / 217th pick / 1959 |
| Jim Christopherson | 24 | LB-K | 14 | 0 | 218 | 6-0 | Concordia (MN) | 2/17/1938 | Rook | |
| Bob Denton | 28 | DE-T | 14 | 0 | 244 | 6-3 | Pacific | 7/24/1934 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 71st pick / 1959 |
| Dean Derby | 27 | DB | 11 | 11 | 185 | 6-0 | Washington | 6/11/1935 | 5 | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 51st pick / 1957 |
| Paul Dickson | 25 | DT-T | 14 | 14 | 252 | 6-5 | Baylor | 2/26/1937 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 9th pick / 1959 |
| Oscar Donahue | 25 | WR | 13 | 0 | 195 | 6-3 | San Jose State | 6/7/1937 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 84th pick / 1962 |
| Charley Ferguson | 23 | WR-TE | 10 | 9 | 217 | 6-5 | Tennessee State | 11/13/1939 | 1 | |
| Tom Franckhauser | 25 | DB | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Purdue | 5/26/1937 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 33rd pick / 1959 |
| Rip Hawkins | 23 | LB | 14 | 11 | 235 | 6-3 | North Carolina | 4/21/1939 | 1 | Boston Patriots / 2nd / 10th pick / 1961 |
| Jerry Huth | 29 | G | 14 | 12 | 226 | 6-0 | Wake Forest | 7/23/1933 | 6 | New York Giants / 24th / 285th pick / 1956 |
| Chuck Lamson | 23 | DB | 14 | 14 | 190 | 6-0 | Iowa State,Wyoming | 3/14/1939 | Rook | Minnesota Vikings / 4th / 43rd pick / 1961 |
| Jim Leo | 25 | DE-LB | 14 | 14 | 225 | 6-1 | Cincinnati | 6/18/1937 | 2 | New York Giants / 3rd / 36th pick / 1960 |
| Errol Linden | 25 | T | 12 | 0 | 258 | 6-5 | Houston | 10/21/1937 | 1 | Detroit Lions / 10th / 135th pick / 1961 |
| Cliff Livingston | 32 | LB-DE | 12 | 11 | 218 | 6-3 | UCLA | 7/2/1930 | 8 | |
| Jim Marshall | 25 | DE | 14 | 14 | 248 | 6-4 | Ohio State | 12/30/1937 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 44th pick / 1960 |
| Tommy Mason* | 23 | RB | 14 | 11 | 196 | 6-1 | Tulane | 7/8/1939 | 1 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 1st pick / 1961 |
| Doug Mayberry | 25 | FB | 13 | 10 | 220 | 6-1 | California,Utah State | 3/23/1937 | 1 | Minnesota Vikings / 10th / 127th pick / 1961 |
| John McCormick | 25 | QB | 13 | 0 | 208 | 6-1 | Boston College,Massachusetts | 5/26/1937 | Rook | |
| Hugh McElhenny | 34 | HB | 11 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Washington | 12/31/1928 | 10 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 9th pick / 1952 |
| Mike Mercer | 27 | K | 4 | 0 | 220 | 6-0 | Arizona State,Florida State,Hardin-Simmons,Minnesota | 11/21/1935 | 1 | Minnesota Vikings / 15th / 197th pick / 1961 |
| Clancy Osborne | 28 | LB | 14 | 11 | 218 | 6-3 | Arizona State | 11/23/1934 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 27th / 315th pick / 1957 |
| Jim Prestel | 25 | DT | 14 | 14 | 275 | 6-5 | Idaho | 6/28/1937 | 2 | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 70th pick / 1959 |
| Mike Rabold | 25 | G | 14 | 14 | 239 | 6-2 | Indiana | 3/12/1937 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 19th pick / 1959 |
| Bobby Reed | 23 | HB | 6 | 0 | 187 | 5-11 | Pacific | 11/14/1939 | Rook | |
| Jerry Reichow | 28 | E-QB | 12 | 12 | 217 | 6-2 | Iowa | 5/19/1934 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 4th / 38th pick / 1956 |
| Ed Sharockman | 23 | DB | 14 | 14 | 200 | 6-0 | Pittsburgh | 11/4/1939 | 1 | Minnesota Vikings / 5th / 57th pick / 1961 |
| Gordie Smith | 23 | TE | 5 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Arizona State,Missouri | 4/9/1939 | 1 | |
| Steve Stonebreaker | 24 | LB-TE | 14 | 9 | 223 | 6-3 | Detroit Mercy | 10/28/1938 | Rook | Denver Broncos / 34th / 266th pick / 1962 |
| Charlie Sumner | 32 | DB | 14 | 0 | 194 | 6-1 | William & Mary | 10/19/1930 | 7 | Chicago Bears / 22nd / 258th pick / 1954 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 22 | QB | 14 | 14 | 190 | 6-0 | Georgia | 2/3/1940 | 1 | Minnesota Vikings / 3rd / 29th pick / 1961 |
| Mick Tingelhoff | 22 | C | 14 | 14 | 237 | 6-2 | Nebraska | 5/22/1940 | Rook | |
| Mel Triplett | 31 | FB | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-1 | Toledo | 12/24/1931 | 7 | New York Giants / 5th / 56th pick / 1955 |
| Roy Winston | 22 | LB | 13 | 0 | 222 | 5-11 | LSU | 9/15/1940 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 42nd pick / 1962 |
| Frank Youso | 26 | T-DT | 13 | 13 | 257 | 6-4 | Minnesota | 7/5/1936 | 4 | New York Giants / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1958 |
| Team Total | 25.4 | 14 | 220.1 | 6-1.7 | 2.3 |